Scottish resident SF/F author (he/him/they/them). Three times Hugo Award winner. Does not play well with Nazis. Abolish the monarchy!
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Joined: 2022-11-05
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2024-11-25 cstross ┃ 3👤 1💬 ┃ RE: landley
@landley @vwampage @exchgr @jalefkowit Yes, and a fine is just putting a price tag on breaking the law. I'd favour a corporate death penalty that mandates prison sentences (with a minimum term) […]
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2024-11-21 cstross ┃ 1💬 ┃ RE: landley
@landley On a related WTF note, there's the (current-ish) Anime series coming out of Japan, "Suicide Squad Isekai". Which contains EXACTLY what it says on the tin ...
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2024-11-18 cstross ┃ 2👤 1💬 ┃ RE: ploum
@ploum @vassilis @neil Great! I wish I had the energy to set up a general Linux/software libre documentation project run to professional standards, but I'm about 30 years too old and burned out […]
2024-11-18 cstross ┃ 2👤 1💬 ┃ RE: ploum
@ploum @vassilis @neil Badly designed! Doesn't even mention web or html until the fifth paragraph, buries it under a mound of less-relevant protocols (eg. gopher). Hint: "browser" is not […]
2024-11-18 cstross ┃ 2👤 1💬 ┃ RE: ploum
@ploum @vassilis @neil Yes (my leading question wrt. terminal interfaces is tmux or byobu?), the point is, looking at the git page? NOTHING SAYING IT'S A BROWSER INTERFACE.
Git project […]
2024-11-18 cstross ┃ edited ┃ 1👤 1💬 ┃ RE: ploum
@ploum @vassilis @neil Congratulations! An entire thread about a piece of software that NOWHERE mentions what it is, what it runs on, or why it might be useful (me: Mac user here, 100% workflow […]
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2024-11-17 cstross ┃ 1👤 1💬 ┃ RE: ploum
@ploum @pluralistic .… Aaaand thank you, for reminding me that I'm now older than Iain Banks was when we lost him. Shit.
Outliving your heroes is a hell of a drug—and not one of the good ones.
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